Southern Illinois District

Past Producer in Hardin county in Illinois, United States with commodities Lead, Silver, Zinc, Fluorine-Fluorite
Sections on this page
  1. Identification information
  2. Geographic coordinates
  3. Site location context
  4. Geographic areas
  5. Commodities
  6. Nearby scientific data
  7. Economic information about the deposit and operations
  8. Mining district
  9. Bibliographic references

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 60000909
MRDS ID K003385
Record type District
Current site name Southern Illinois District
Alternate or previous names Cave-In-Rock District

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -88.41674, 37.50007 (WGS84)

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Pope(county)

Illinois(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Herod(quadrangle 1:24,000 scale)

West Frankfort(quadrangle 1:100,000 scale)

Paducah(quadrangle 1:250,000 scale)

Hydrologic units (watersheds)

Lower Ohio-Bay(hydrologic unit)

Lower Ohio(hydrologic accounting unit)

Lower Ohio(hydrologic subregion)

Ohio(hydrologic region)

Federal lands

Shawnee National Forest(National Forest)

National Forest FS(Type of land area)

FS(Federal land areas administered by FS)

Geographic areas

Country State County
United States Illinois Hardin

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Lead Secondary
Silver Secondary
Zinc Critical Tertiary
Fluorine-Fluorite Critical Tertiary

Nearby scientific data

(1) -88.41674, 37.50007

Economic information

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Development status Past Producer
Commodity type Both

Mining district

District name SOUTHERN ILLINOIS DISTRICT
District name CAVE-IN-ROCK DISTRICT

Reference information

Bibliographic references

Beyond USGS

Supplemental information added by qvyshift.com. Not part of the original USGS MRDS record.